CVE-2014-8835 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8835?

CVE-2014-8835 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 30 Jan 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The xpc_data_get_bytes function in libxpc in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not verify that a dictionary's Attributes key has the xpc_data data type, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted dictionary to sysmond, related to an "XPC type confusion" issue.

Weakness: CWE-19

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8835?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8835?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-8835 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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Is CVE-2014-8835 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8835 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-m5mx-j3w4-7q93.